Rockets' Pollard knows about challenges

Sophomore nets first varsity action in SBC setback

11:35 PM,
Apr. 23, 2013

Written by

Matthew Horn
Sports writer

Sophomore Dillon Pollard, a type 1 diabetic, wears an insulin pump when he isn't playing baseball and must prick his fingers 12 times a day to make sure his sugar level isn't too high or too low.

Apparently, that actually makes other things easier for Pollard. Pollard was certainly a secret on St. Mary Central Catholic's scouting report Tuesday as he enjoyed his welcome to the show, or at least the high school big leagues.

Pollard doubled to drive in a run before scoring and then singled in his first two varsity at-bats, but Oak Harbor fell to the Panthers 6-3 in eight innings Tuesday in the Sandusky ...